Visitor submit by retired US Military officer Paul S. Gardiner
(Creator’s Word: After the current presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, the voting steering provided herein ought to assist to resolve which candidate to decide on.)
On September 8, 2024, Pastor Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone Chapel, Leesburg, Virginia, delivered an Election Day Sermon 2024 which is very really useful to view in full right here.
In his message, Pastor Hamrick burdened that People have to vote for political candidates who most carefully align with biblical values within the insurance policies they espouse and can promote if elected to public workplace. Insurance policies aligning with biblical values promote righteousness, are good for the nation, and honor God.
Earlier than starting his fundamental election message, Pastor Hamrick gave a short historical past lesson about how till comparatively just lately, Christians and the Christian church have been intricately concerned within the nation’s political course of and governance previous to and after the institution of America’s constitutional republic.
There isn’t any point out of “separation of church and state” within the US Structure or every other founding paperwork. Concerning spiritual liberty, the aim of the First Modification is to maintain the federal government out of the enterprise of the church, not the church out of the enterprise of the federal government. **
Pastor Hamrick acknowledged that People, particularly Christians, should vote to assist defend the freedoms entrusted to the nation by God lest they be misplaced. If many Christians resolve to not vote, then evil will rush into this vacuum.
Pastor Hamrick offered three vital components for voting that People want to think about concerning the upcoming election:
1) God makes use of flawed, sinful folks to be public servants to hold out God’s plans for humanity. Quoting the Pastor, “A nation won’t thrive due to the righteousness of a frontrunner however will thrive due to the righteousness of the insurance policies promoted by the chief”.
2 Individuals have to vote for insurance policies, not personalities; the likeability of a selected candidate should not overshadow his/her insurance policies that may reside lengthy after the candidate’s political service.
3) Voting isn’t just a proper; it’s a responsibility. Of the estimated 90 million Christians dwelling in America, roughly 55 million both don’t vote or are usually not registered to vote! It’s pressing that this case change for the November 2024 election.
Concerning voting for insurance policies over personalities, Pastor Hamrick acknowledged that there isn’t any excellent political candidate. A candidate’s likeability shouldn’t be the figuring out think about voting for her or him—what issues is that the candidate promotes righteous insurance policies for the great of the nation.
Pastor Hamrick listed seven vital coverage areas the place voters want to find out if a selected candidate greatest aligns with biblical values in these areas:
1) Judges. As a result of righteous judges are biblical (Isaiah 1:26), voters ought to ask which candidate will appoint one of the best judges who will make rulings primarily based on biblical values reminiscent of sanctity of life, parental rights, and many others., and in addition honor freedoms assured within the US Structure?
2) Nationwide borders. As a result of nationwide borders are biblical (Acts 17:26), voters ought to ask which candidate will greatest defend America’s nationwide borders and nationwide safety?
3) Help for Israel. As a result of help of Israel is biblical (Genesis 12:3), voters ought to ask which candidate will greatest help the nation of Israel?
4) Organic intercourse. As a result of organic intercourse is designed by God within the womb, voters ought to ask which candidate will greatest defend God’s design of organic intercourse verses a candidate who helps and promotes transgenderism and different various existence?
5) Spiritual liberty. As a result of spiritual liberty and freedom of conscience is enshrined within the First Modification, voters ought to ask which candidate will greatest protect spiritual liberty and America’s conscience?
6) Household. As a result of parental rights are being severely challenged in lots of states and youngsters are being focused by a progressive evil agenda, voters ought to ask which candidate greatest helps the rights of fogeys to show, practice, and lift their kids with out interference from authorities officers?
7) Life. The query to ask is which candidate will greatest defend the lifetime of the unborn? Present coverage of the Democrat Get together is to help abortion up till the second of start, whereas the rising coverage of the Republican Get together is to help abortion as much as 15 weeks of a being pregnant beneath restricted situations reminiscent of rape and incest.
Pastor Hamrick challenged People “—to stem the tide of evil in our land till the Lord Jesus returns.” He urged People to vote for candidates who most carefully characterize biblical values within the insurance policies they are going to help and have supported prior to now. Insurance policies and actions are what really matter, not a candidate’s likeability. In closing, Pastor Hamrick quoted Frederick Douglas: “I might unite with anybody to do proper and no person to do mistaken.”
** See article right here for added background on early Christian involvement in America and right here for a brief 15-minute video by Kirk Cameron and historian Dr. Marshall Foster concerning the vital historic message of America’s Nationwide Monument to the Forefathers devoted in 1889 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Paul S. Gardiner is a retired US Military officer, Vietnam veteran, and avid lover of America. He’s a graduate of the College of North Carolia, College of Alabama, and the US Military Struggle Faculty.
